CPTA Memorial Trial, November 19, 2023. Ioco, BC.
The CPTA held the Memorial Trial on November 19th, 2023 at Ioco, B.C. Forty three riders showed up on what turned out to be a perfect day to ride. There was just the gentlest sprinkle during the riders meeting and then it was cool and dry for the rest of the day. The sections were set on the easy side (which is wise in November) and a number of clean loops were recorded, but it was sloppy enough to take some points off everyone. Jesse McDowall took Expert quite handily and Sawyer Collie followed that lead in Advanced. The 2 Senior classes went to Andrew Deboer in Senior Advanced and Roy Anderson in Senior Intermediate, where a few points made quite a difference. Jaclyn Delacroix showed the Intermediates what they are supposed to do and Chessy Knight finally showed up again to lead the Junior class. Thanks to Mountain Motorcycle for their kind sponsorship of a really good day’s riding.
Don Doerksen
Pics by Anja Bird
CPTA Uhuru Trial, October 15, 2023, Ioco, BC.
Forty riders showed up to ride the Uhuru trial at Ioco on October 15th, 2023. A warm, if muggy, day greeted the riders with wet conditions from the rain the night before. After riding through the dry summer, some adjustment was needed to ride this trial.
Alex Le won the Expert class for the first time and Sawyer Collie topped a large Advanced class. Andrew DeBoer was awesome in Senior Advanced with only 9 points for the day. Bill deGaris only took 3 points in Senior Intermediate and Bobby Shantz took only 7 points to win Intermediate. Lyndsey Needham had 3 consistent laps in Junior and Bob Clark was best in Sportsman by 1 point.
Our thanks to Dave at Moto Trials West for their kind sponsorship of this event. Don Doerksen
Thanks to all the event hosts for your hard work and dedication to our club. If you want to become involved in hosting future events please contact any of the directors. We have members that will teach you the fundamentals of laying courses and sections.
Welcome Jaclyn Delacroix, our new CPTA Vice President and Slav Orlov, our new Director of Youth Development:
After serving for several years on our Board of Directors Brian MacNeal has decided to stand down as Vice President. Thank you Brian for your years of service to the club.
One of our new directors, Jaclyn Delacroix was named our new Vice President by the Executive. It’s great to have new members join our board and help us set the direction for our future. Jaclyn will continue to help grow our female membership and introduce women to competitive trials. Jaclyn also produces most of our social media.
Our newest Director is Slav Orlov. Slav has a tremendous passion devoted to kids in our sport. He has taken on the role of Director of Youth Development and will be hosting future Small Wheel events at the CPTA. Please show him your support and help out when we need volunteers for our kids’ events.
Please welcome our new Executives who volunteer their time and energy building the future of our club.
CPTA Team Squid Outlaw Trial, April 23, 2023, Ioco, BC.
Expert winner Sean showing some style.CPTA Spring Classic Trial, April 2, 2023, Ioco, BC.
A brisk spring day greeted 29 riders for the Spring Classic Trial on April 2, 2023 at Ioco. Eleven riders showed up with some interesting old bikes for the vintage classes and there was even a pristine collection on display. When we drag out the old bikes there are bound to be problems. The day was made interesting by a leaking gas tank(JB Weld and tape) and 2 flat tires on another bike. We tried to handicap Sean Bird by putting him on a 230 lb. Honda TL250 but he rode it like a rental and did not take a dab all day. Classic B was also a clean sweep for Bob Clark on the SWM.
Jason Miller and Dan Donnelly won Intermediate and Senior Intermediate with identical 4 point scores. Lyndsey Needham won Junior handily when the other 2 Juniors ran out of time and punched 5’s for the last lap. The rain started about when we finished so it was great weather on a good day. Don Doerksen
Sean Bird on the mighty 1975 Honda TL250. Picture by Slav Orlov.
Forces des Femmes
CPTA First Ever Women’s Only Trial March 19, 2023, Ioco, BC.
The first ever Ladies only trial was held at Ioco, BC on March 19, 2023.
Called the Forces De Femme, it brought out an eager group to enjoy a mostly sunny ride with some coaching thrown in for good measure. Few of the ladies had ridden an actual trial before so there was lots to learn about section markers, lines, rules and how to have fun doing it. Scores mostly got better as some lessons were learned. Intermediate and Junior lines were laid out. Karaleen Gioia was best on the Intermediate line with a clean middle loop and Amanda Porsild had a good ride in Junior with only 5 points lost for the day.
Don Doerksen